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China’s ultimatum: smoke or be fined | Weird True Freaky | News.com.au
OFFICIALS in a county in central China have been told to smoke nearly a quarter million packs of locally made cigarettes annually or risk being fined, state media reports.
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“The regulation will boost the local economy via the cigarette tax,” said Chen Nianzu, a member of the Gong’an cigarette market supervision team, according to the paper.

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Wait … the government is telling officials they have to smoke a bunch, yet they’re trying to get doctors to quit to set a good example? Someone in China has been smoking a bit too much already … and not just cigarettes.